Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Actually, we do have statistics for individuals who have made refugee claims, and statistics for individuals who arrive at the port of entry, who arrive at the airports, and are turned around by officers at the airport because the information that they've provided in their applic

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In Delhi, I have—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Can I speak to the first part of your question, in terms of—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. In terms of the applications process, in 2010 we received 25,521 temporary resident visas. Those are visitors—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In Chandigarh. That was 1,076 workers and 12,833 students.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe it's five Canada-based officers and one locally engaged officer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I could add something, and I think this is important, what we look for in a visa office anywhere is to discourage people from applying who have no possibility of qualifying. In terms of the student applications in Chandigarh, we were very successful in 2011. Overall applicat

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Within India, the possibilities for accurate verifications vary considerably. There are some institutions, whether they're schools, public institutions, or private companies, where we can reliably go to them, we can make a call, we can send an e-mail, and we can do a verification

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certainly an exit policy would tell us more effectively who remained in the country and who didn't. If we had that information, that could better inform our decision-making, and it might enable us eventually, as we gained more knowledge about who's remained in the country and who

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm a bit puzzled by that because we do have to put a reason in the refusal letter. There are reasons tied to the legislation. They may not provide the kind of detail that some applicants would be hoping for. We simply don't have the resources to go into great detail about why an

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We do listen to what you have to say I can assure you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When an application comes in, we look at all the information that has been provided and then we compare that to our knowledge in terms of which applicants have remained in Canada previously. So you develop an expertise about a particular country, and you know that this type of ap

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I guess it becomes more sophisticated as technology becomes more sophisticated. My previous posting was in China, where technology is extremely important. In China, they will blend photos so that individuals can sit language tests for applicants who don't have a high level of En